Education

03/2009 – 12/2013 Trained as a specialist in Sports Orthopedics
03/2009 – 12/2013 University course in Executive Hospital Management (Krankenhausleitung - Medizinische Führungskräfte), Danube University Krems
03/2010 – 10/2012 Master’s program (MSc) in Advanced Orthopedic Surgery, Danube University Krems
30. November 2005 Degree of a specialist in Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
08/2001– 11/2005 Residency, Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Prof. R. Kotz
07/1999 – 07/2001 Residency, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna - General Surgery, Transplantation Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
11/1998 – 07/1999 Residency, Department of Traumatology, Medical University of Vienna
16. Oktober 1998 Doctor of Medicine, doctoral thesis on Ten-year Follow-up of the Cement-free Alloclassic Total Hip Endoprothesis
07/1996 Internship at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA, Prof. T. Sculco
10/1992 – 10/1998 Studied medicine at the Medical University of Vienna
09/1984 – 06/1992 High School at “Schule Maria Regina” in Vienna
09/1980 – 06/1984 Primary School at “Schule Maria Regina” in Vienna


Professional career

03/2009 – aktuell Head of the Pediatric Orthopedic Team, Department of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna
31. Dezember 2013 Diploma in Sports Orthopedics
16. November 2013 Master of Science in Advanced Orthopedic Surgery, Danube University Krems
1. März 2009 Associate Professor at the Medical University of Vienna
18. Februar 2009 Habilitation degree (academic degree with license to teach at university) in Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
10/2008 – 02/2009 Deputy head of the Pediatric Orthopedic Team (Prof. M. Sluga), Department of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna
03 – 09/2008 Fellowship at the International Institute for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, USA (Dr. D. Paley, Dr. J. Herzenberg)
03/2006 – 02/2008 Deputy head of the Pediatric Orthopedic Team (Prof. M. Sluga), Department of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna
03/2006 – to the
present time		 Senior consultant at the Department of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna
10/2004 – 02/2006 Research sabbatical, EU project on Meniscus Regeneration


Current position

  • Senior consultant at the Department of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna
  • Head of the Pediatric Orthopedic Team, Department of Orthopedics, Medical University of Vienna
  • Head of the specialized outpatient clinics for Pediatric Orthopedics, Deformity Correction and Reconstruction, Clubfoot Treatment, and Cartilage Repair
  • Deputy Head of the Orthopedic Research Department
  • Member of the ethics committee, Medical University of Vienna
  • Member of the surgery committee for awarding the habilitation degree, Medical University of Vienna
  • Member of the task group for equal opportunities, Medical University of Vienna
  • Board member of the Austrian Society of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery
  • Medical office at Praxisgemeinschaft Arthros, 1190 Wien, Heiligenstädter Straße 46-48